Alcatel-Lucent Says 'No Thanks' to Middlemen

Published January 7, 2009, 10:09 pm, BusinessWeek

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Thursday tips round-up: Thorntons, Axis-Shield, UK supermarkets

Published January 7, 2009, 10:05 pm, ShareCast

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Thorntons said in a trading statement yesterday that sales for the 12 weeks to 27 December were down 2.3 per cent against the same period last year, and while some areas of the business did grow the overall performance of the company over the Christmas period is disappointing.

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Parking fines not rising yet

Published January 7, 2009, 9:52 pm, The Findlay Courier

Findlay parking offenders will get a reprieve from higher fines, at least until March.

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Mobiles give Africa's farmers the chance to set out their stall

Published January 7, 2009, 9:46 pm, Guardian Unlimited

Every week without fail, sellers come to trade their meat, vegetables or animals in the dusty marketplace of Katine in north-east Uganda. Yet a closer look reveals something unusual: a series of stalls with pulped wood awnings supported by crooked tree branches. Within each there is someone in a chair receiving a haircut. More unexpected are a dozen or so mobile phones, each connected by a ...

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Job losses put paid to New Year stock rally

Published January 7, 2009, 9:09 pm, Business Day

WARNINGS of more severe job losses put the brakes on the New Year stock market rally yesterday as the bleak outlook for global economic growth and company earnings eclipsed a raft of stimulus packages and interest rate cuts around the world.

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